The CEO of the tricolor group Patrick Pouyanné attended this project this project this Thursday, intended to provide fuel the ships that operate in LNG.
Totalnergie is more than ever the market for boats operating with liquefied natural gas (LNG). This involves building a new gas liquefaction terminal in the port of Sohar, north of Oman. This Thursday, the CEO of the energy group, the Minister of Energy and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman and the Director General of OQ Exploration & Production (OQEP) celebrated the installation of the foundation stone of the Marsa LNG factory, a project at 1.6 billion dollars.
Concretely, the factory is built by Marsa LNG LLL, a joint venture owned 80% by total and 20% by OQEP. The factory will have a natural gas liquefaction capacity of one million tonnes per year. “”LNG production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2028 and will be priority intended to respond to the market for marine fuel in the Gulf“, Specifies the group.
A factory that “will operate 100% with electricity”
For totalnergies, the stake is double. The group makes natural gas transition energy to get out of oil. For this, he notably bet on the development of the fleet of cruise ships and cargo cargo. Fuel that reduces CO emissions by at least 20%2 Compared to the maritime fuel of fossil origin. LNG also helps reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by almost 95%. Only problem: it requires the development of infrastructure to thiswhose Marsa factory will be a part.
In addition, anxious to reduce its carbon footprint, Totalenergies wants to make this factory a model. Thus, the Marsa Lng site “Will work 100% to electricity“, Specifies the group. This electricity will be provided by a photovoltaic solar park with a power of 300 megawatts. It will provide the equivalent of the annual factory needs. “”Marsa LNG will be one of the LNG factories with the lowest carbon intensity in the world“, Specifies the group. “”This emblematic project is proof that it is possible to produce LNG with very low emissions, thus helping to make gas transition energy in Long TermE, “said Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of Totalenergies. “”This project marks an important step to offer low -emission energy solutions, and strengthens the position of Oman as a reliable regional hub for clean maritime fuelsAdded Salim Bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Energy and minerals from the Sultanate of Oman.
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